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Commodity Futures (26 lessons)

Commodity Futures

Learn everything you need to know about precious metals, oils and agriculture contracts. In this free resource we have over 25 detailed posts to help provide you information on commodities with detailed trading strategies. Uncover everything from basic information to advanced topics such as spread trading.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) Performance from 2008 - 2011
Lesson 1

What are the Best Silver ETFs?
CME Futures Cotton Contract Specification
Lesson 2

How does the price of Cotton Futures impact Global Retail Sales
3-year returns - Starbucks, S&P500 and ICE Futures Coffee (Source - WSJ)
Lesson 3

Do Higher Coffee Futures Prices Hurt Starbucks Stock Price?
United States Copper Index Fund (CPER) – 1 year returns
Lesson 4

What are the Best Copper ETFs?
Silver futures drop 4% without any concrete reason (Source - Goldcore.com)
Lesson 5

Why do Silver Futures Exist?
Soybean futures – Calendar spread maintenance margin requirements (Source - CME Group)
Lesson 6

How to Make Money in Soybeans with the July/November Spread Trade
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Currency Futures (3 lessons)

Currency Futures

Starbucks worldwide revenues, 2003 – 2016. (Source - Statista)
Lesson 1

Canadian Dollar Futures: How to Day Trade Breakouts
British Pound Futures, June 24th 2016
Lesson 2

6 Things You Must Know About the British Pound
Euro FX Futures – Day trading based on daily charts (Fed rate hike decision)
Lesson 3

Euro FX: 7 Things You Must Know Before Trading

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Day Trading Futures Strategies (10 lessons)

Day Trading Futures Strategies

Browse our free resource of day trading strategies for the futures markets.  Our strategies cover everything from the E-minis to bonds to commodities. Go deep with each strategy to see which one best fits your trading style.

Example of a normal trade vs. scaling out
Lesson 1

How to Scale out of Winning E-Mini Positions
Soybean futures – Calendar spread maintenance margin requirements (Source - CME Group)
Lesson 2

How to Make Money in Soybeans with the July/November Spread Trade
30-Year Treasury bond Yields vs. 30-day Fed Funds Rate
Lesson 3

How to Factor Interest Rate Hikes when Trading the 30-Year Treasury Bond Future
ES Futures day trading – Fed Announcement - FOMC Meeting
Lesson 4

How to Day Trade Futures During a Fed Announcement
10, 20 Exponential Moving Average with Stochastics Oscillator
Lesson 5

Day Trading E-Mini Futures with Moving Averages
Trading the opening gap on 1-minute chart
Lesson 6

4 Strategies for Day Trading Morning Gaps with E-Mini Futures
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Futures Contracts (2 lessons)

Futures Contracts

Eurodollar futures intraday chart
Lesson 1

What are the top 10 Liquid Futures Contracts?
Coffee futures prices compared to Starbucks prices
Lesson 2

Futures Contracts – 4 Things You Absolutely Need to Know

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Futures Trading Books (1 lessons)

Futures Trading Books

The Little Book that Beats The Market
Lesson 1

7 Best Books for Futures Trading

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Futures Trading Strategies (6 lessons)

Futures Trading Strategies

Bitcoin volatility 2011 – 2017 (Source - btcvol.info)
Lesson 1

5 Reasons You Should Not Invest in Bitcoin Futures
30-year Treasury bond futures
Lesson 2

How Do Interest Rate Hikes Impact Interest Rate Futures?
Crude Oil futures rolling or continuous contract chart
Lesson 3

Should you Swing Trade or Day Trade Futures?
Lesson 4

How to Trade Nasdaq Futures on the Close
Stock chart for the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE - KO) – 1970’s – 2017
Lesson 5

How to Invest in Single Stock Futures
Automated Day Trading Definition
Lesson 6

How has Algorithmic Trading Impacted the Futures Markets?

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Index Futures (12 lessons)

Index Futures

See everything you need to know about the major global futures markets. Browse our posts that will provide foundational information and trading strategies for the S&P, TSX and DAX just to name a few.

Nasdaq 100 Sector Weightage and Top 5 Companies
Lesson 1

Nasdaq 100 Futures: 5 Key Facts to Know Before Trading
TSX and Crude Oil prices comparison
Lesson 2

Correlation of TSX to the SP500 Futures
10, 20 Exponential Moving Average with Stochastics Oscillator
Lesson 3

Day Trading E-Mini Futures with Moving Averages
NIFTY50 Cash Market Index (Right) and USDINR (Left)
Lesson 4

Nifty 50 – 7 Things to Consider Before Trading
Example of emini S&P500 futures contract margin requirements
Lesson 5

E-Mini Futures – How to Trade with Margin
Trading the opening gap on 1-minute chart
Lesson 6

4 Strategies for Day Trading Morning Gaps with E-Mini Futures
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